Overview
Perceptual processes are essential for understanding how we interact with our environment. They involve both sensation, the detection of stimuli, and perception, the interpretation of those stimuli. By studying these processes, we can gain insights into how we perceive the world and how various fact...
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Example: Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin.
Example: Recognizing a friend's face in a crowd.
Example: Focusing on a lecture while ignoring background noise.
Example: Reading a sentence with missing letters but still understanding it.
Example: Identifying an object by its features, like color and shape.
Example: Seeing a series of dots as a line due to proximity.
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Key Concepts
SensationPerceptionAttentionInterpretation